Certificate of participation will be given to all participants. The winners will be honored with certificate and trophy plus potential screenplays will be presented to the various production houses.

MISSION & OBJECTIVE

7th Dada Saheb Phalke Film Festival-2017 aims to celebrate the excellence in cinema. Founded by the Educationexpo TV, a leading entertainment research & branding company, Dada Saheb Phalke Film Festival-16 provides chance to filmmakers to showcase their creativity. While the festival is open to filmmakers of all age, we feel that just as it is imperative that we should support and encourage participation by filmmaking community members & professional, it is also important that we find and cultivate the future members of the entertainment industry.

ABOUT THE FESTIVAL

The Dada Saheb Phalke Film Festival is a not-to-profit, non-commercial & India’s only independent film festival, established in the year 2011 in Noida (Delhi NCR) with a mission to celebrate the cinema & work of aspiring, young, independent & professional filmmakers. The festival is important for Indian film industry as it is organized on 30 April each year to mark the birth anniversary of Late.Shri. Dhundiraj Govind Phalke, who is regarded as the father of Indian Cinema & fondly remembered as Dada Saheb Phalke by the film fraternity across the India & globe, its aim is to recognize the enlightening, entertaining & progressive new age cinema of youth & experienced filmmakers.

In past years festival gains reputation & regarded as among most prestigious festival in India. The festival grows over the years & attracts filmmakers from across the India & 90 nations across the world. The festival has sections for feature films, short films, documentaries, animations, music videos & ad films. The festival awards the filmmakers in production, creative & performance categories.

Dada Saheb Phalke started the movement of cinema in India in real sense & he is the symbol of excellence. His contribution to Indian cinema is unparallel. Today Indian cinema is touching the sky in terms of both content & technology but it is worth mentioning that it was started by legendry Dada Saheb Phalke and we are just carrying it forward.

ORGANIZERS

Jyoti Singh (Festival Registrar); Rambhul Singh (Festival Registrar)

GENERAL RULES

Rules and Regulations:

7th Dada Saheb Phalke Film Festival-2017

1. Awards for both professional and students category-

Production Awards:
Best Feature Film
Best Short Film
Best Animation
Best Feature Animation
Best Feature Documentary
Best Short Documentary
Best Ad Film
Best Film-Jury
Best Director
Best Debut Director (Feature Only)
Special Jury Mention
Special Festival Mention

Creative Awards:
Best Cinematography
Best Editing
Best Screenplay
Best VFX

Music Awards:
Best Original Music
Best Background Music

Performance Awards:
Best Actor
Best Actress
Best Supporting Actor
Best Supporting Actress

Certificate of excellence will be given to all participants. The winners will be honored with certificate and Phalke trophy.

PLUS

All participating short films, documentaries, animation will get distribution deal* offer from DSPFF-17.

2. Films must be subtitled in English if language is other than English and Hindi.

Short Films, Short Documentaries, Short Animation: up-to 60 min (equal or less than 60 min)

Music Video, Ad films up- to 6 min

5. Result of the festival will be declared on 30 April 2017.

6. The decision of the Jury will be final and can’t be challenged.

7. Once the film is submitted it can’t be withdrawn in any circumstances, however festival director reserve the rights to disqualify any film on certain grounds.

8. 7th DSPFF-17 stages/process:

• Entry submission as per rules & regulations.
• Notification of shortlisted regular entries by the festival office on 25 March 17 and late entries list shall be out on 5 April 2017.
• Delegate registration to attend 7th DSPFF-17. Hospitality charges are applicable for filmmakers & attendees, which include lunch, tea/coffee with cookies & master classes.
• Festival movies screening & workshops followed by award ceremony on festival date.

9. 7th Dada Saheb Phalke Film Festival-17 does not take any type financial commitment for the expense incurred on the correspondence by the participant. All Travel, Lodging & Boarding and other miscellaneous expenses will have to be borne by the participant himself for attending the festival. No request for the same will be entertained.

10. By submitting movie to 7th Dada Saheb Phalke Film Festival-2017, filmmaker/producer takes the whole responsibility of copyright issues of music, script and other creative and technical aspects of film.

11. Filmmakers are requested to submit the following information via email at festival.office@educationexpo.tv.
• Biography & Filmography of Film director.
• Photograph of Director.
• Still and Posters of film in JPEG format.

Production Awards:
Best Feature Film
Best Short Film
Best Animation
Best Feature Animation
Best Feature Documentary
Best Short Documentary
Best Ad Film
Best Film-Jury
Best Director
Best Debut Director (Feature Only)
Special Jury Mention
Special Festival Mention

Creative Awards:
Best Cinematography
Best Editing
Best Screenplay
Best VFX

Music Awards:
Best Original Music
Best Background Music

Performance Awards:
Best Actor
Best Actress
Best Supporting Actor
Best Supporting Actress

Certificate of excellence will be given to all participants. The winners will be honored with certificate and Phalke trophy.

PLUS

All participating short films, documentaries, animation will get distribution deal* offer from DSPFF-17.

2. Films must be subtitled in English if language is other than English and Hindi.

Short Films, Short Documentaries, Short Animation: up-to 60 min (equal or less than 60 min)

Music Video, Ad films up- to 6 min

5. Result of the festival will be declared on 30 April 2017.

6. The decision of the Jury will be final and can’t be challenged.

7. Once the film is submitted it can’t be withdrawn in any circumstances, however festival director reserve the rights to disqualify any film on certain grounds.

8. 7th DSPFF-17 stages/process:

• Entry submission as per rules & regulations.
• Notification of shortlisted regular entries by the festival office on 25 March 17 and late entries list shall be out on 5 April 2017.
• Delegate registration to attend 7th DSPFF-17. Hospitality charges are applicable for filmmakers & attendees, which include lunch, tea/coffee with cookies & master classes.
• Festival movies screening & workshops followed by award ceremony on festival date.

9. 7th Dada Saheb Phalke Film Festival-17 does not take any type financial commitment for the expense incurred on the correspondence by the participant. All Travel, Lodging & Boarding and other miscellaneous expenses will have to be borne by the participant himself for attending the festival. No request for the same will be entertained.

10. By submitting movie to 7th Dada Saheb Phalke Film Festival-2017, filmmaker/producer takes the whole responsibility of copyright issues of music, script and other creative and technical aspects of film.

11. Filmmakers are requested to submit the following information via email at festival.office@educationexpo.tv.
• Biography & Filmography of Film director.
• Photograph of Director.
• Still and Posters of film in JPEG format.